# CVE-2023-54318: net/smc: use smc_lgr_list.lock to protect smc_lgr_list.list iterate in smcr_port_add

> A race condition in the Linux kernel's SMC module can cause a kernel crash via NULL pointer dereference during port addition events.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 30 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2023-54318, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-54318, GHSA-7984-m77j-cx8w, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-54318

## What is CVE-2023-54318?

CVE-2023-54318 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, published on 30 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/smc: use smc_lgr_list.lock to protect smc_lgr_list.list iterate in smcr_port_add

While doing smcr_port_add, there maybe linkgroup add into or delete
from smc_lgr_list.list at the same time, which may result kernel crash.
So, use smc_lgr_list.lock to protect smc_lgr_list.list iterate in
smcr_port_add.

The crash calltrace show below:
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
PGD 0 P4D 0
Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
CPU: 0 PID: 559726 Comm: kworker/0:92 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G
Hardware name: Alibaba Cloud Alibaba Cloud ECS, BIOS 449e491 04/01/2014
Workqueue: events smc_ib_port_event_work [smc]
RIP: 0010:smcr_port_add+0xa6/0xf0 [smc]
RSP: 0000:ffffa5a2c8f67de0 EFLAGS: 00010297
RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: ffff9935e0650000 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000000000000010 RSI: ffff9935e0654290 RDI: ffff9935c8560000
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffff9934c0401918
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffffffffb4a5c278 R12: ffff99364029aae4
R13: ffff99364029aa00 R14: 00000000ffffffed R15: ffff99364029ab08
FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff994380600000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000000f06a10003 CR4: 0000000002770ef0
PKRU: 55555554
Call Trace:
 smc_ib_port_event_work+0x18f/0x380 [smc]
 process_one_work+0x19b/0x340
 worker_thread+0x30/0x370
 ? process_one_work+0x340/0x340
 kthread+0x114/0x130
 ? __kthread_cancel_work+0x50/0x50
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-54318?


## How do I fix CVE-2023-54318?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2023-54318 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-54318 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-54318 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-54318 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, published on 30 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-54318 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-54318/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-54318/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-54318
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-54318
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-54318

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